Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, Spring 1962 (ICPSR 3637)

Version Date: Jun 26, 2009

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Principal Investigator(s):
University of Michigan. Survey Research Center. Economic Behavior Program

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03637.v2

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Summary

This survey was undertaken to assess consumer sentiment and buying plans, as well as the effect of attitudes toward expected Social Security benefits, old age insurance, and private pension plans on present economic behavior and planning, and attitudes toward West Germany, family planning, and different modes of travel. Open-ended questions were asked concerning evaluations and expectations about price changes, employment, recession, and the national business situation, as well as the effect of the world political situation on the national business situation. Other variables probe respondents' buying intentions for a house, automobiles, appliances, and other consumer durables, as well as their appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing these items. Additional variables probe respondents' attitudes toward foreign-made goods, as well as their assessment of their financial status relative to the previous year. Information is also provided on respondents' political party identification and neighborhood characteristics. Demographic variables provide information on age, race, sex, religion, education, marital status, occupation, family size, and family income.

Citation

University of Michigan. Survey Research Center. Economic Behavior Program. Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, Spring 1962. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-06-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03637.v2

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Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Date of Collection

1962-04 -- 1962-05
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Sample

One respondent from each family unit in the dwellings sampled, usually the head of the family, or the wife. The dwelling units were selected by area probability sampling from 66 primary sampling units. For each dwelling unit in the sample, an interview was sought with a respondent from the primary family and from each secondary family (if any). The head of the family (usually the husband), was the preferred respondent, but the wife could substitute if the head was not readily available.

Universe

All families living in continental United States dwelling units, exclusive of those on military reservations.

Data Source

personal interviews

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Original Release Date

1984-05-11

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • University of Michigan. Survey Research Center. Economic Behavior Program. Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, Spring 1962. ICPSR03637-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-06-26. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03637.v2

2009-06-26 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.

1984-05-11 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
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